Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...
"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...
A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...
Scientists have assembled a catalogue of more than 2,000 stars that could be supporting alien life. Researchers behind the ...
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...
Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...
Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...